"Kahit matanda na ako, kailangan kong magtrabaho at kumita para sa aking pamilya” [Even I am too old, I still need to work and earn for my family.] Mr. Rochel…

Continue ReadingAssistance amid the distance: ECOWEB extends help to a community-based org in Binangonan, Rizal

Assistance amid the distance: ECOWEB extends help to a community-based org in Binangonan, Rizal

COVID-19 should be a People's War as what Vietnam (one successful country being cited in the fight against COVID) is doing. For NAPC SRC and VDC (representing the 14 basic…

Continue ReadingWhy should we make COVID-19 response participatory

Why should we make COVID-19 response participatory

“We passed by a house where an old widow lived. She was not on our list. When she learned that we are distributing rice, she cried asking if she could…

Continue ReadingThe unlisted old widow: ECQ survival in the most remote communities

The unlisted old widow: ECQ survival in the most remote communities

“The people have nowhere to go, except their farms,” Timuay Manda quipped. Timuay Lucenio Manda is the chief tribal chieftain of the Subanen ancestral domain in Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur…

Continue ReadingQuarantine Enables IP Farmers to Expand their Farms

Quarantine Enables IP Farmers to Expand their Farms

Riverside, a group of women survivors from Marawi, elevated their skills to find an opportunity and keep abreast of their current conditions amidst the uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic. “Indeed,…

Continue ReadingWomen on Mask Production: Livelihood Opportunity amid COVID-19 outbreak

Women on Mask Production: Livelihood Opportunity amid COVID-19 outbreak

Indeed, women can. She excitedly smoothed out her worker’s vest and straightened her hard hat. “I was surprised by this uniform. It is the first time we wear something like…

Continue ReadingWomen deco machine operators: Can a woman play a man’s role in abaca production?

Women deco machine operators: Can a woman play a man’s role in abaca production?

Formation of Production Guilds and Social Enterprises for the Economic Development of Indigenous Communities—FPG-SEEDIC   Partner Organization: Bread for the World The project’s main objective is that men and women…

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Formation of Production Guilds and Social Enterprises for the Economic Development of Indigenous Communities—FPG-SEEDIC



Continue ReadingECOWEB Livelihood Supports to Marawi Survivors

ECOWEB Livelihood Supports to Marawi Survivors